Converting a MKV. video to AVI.

[Vanity]

Hey guys.. I've been having trouble getting my mkv. anime video (Gad Guard) into sonyvegas 8 but it won't open it....and It won't open in my total video conveter someone please tell me how or what program to use to convert this dumb mkv video to avi =[

[Kariudo]

for the sake of conversation, I'll assume your dvd ripper made your rips into .mkv files

you'll need to transcode your video using virtualdubmod and avisynth
(if you need those, get the amvapp)

make an aivsynth script with the following line (in any text editor)

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FFmpegSource("path to file.mkv")

get ffmpegsource here
save as .avs
open in vitrualdubmod

instead of transocding entire episodes losslessly (which would turn out really big files) you should probably make your clips using vdubmod

open the video file in virtualdub mod go to video->compression->Huffyuv or Lagarith

then go to file->save


use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want so you can save room

[Vanity]

for the sake of conversation, I'll assume your dvd ripper made your rips into .mkv files

you'll need to transcode your video using virtualdubmod and avisynth
(if you need those, get the amvapp)

make an aivsynth script with the following line (in any text editor)

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FFmpegSource("path to file.mkv")

get ffmpegsource here
save as .avs
open in vitrualdubmod

instead of transocding entire episodes losslessly (which would turn out really big files) you should probably make your clips using vdubmod

open the video file in virtualdub mod go to video->compression->Huffyuv or Lagarith

then go to file->save


use those to mark the beginning and the end of the "clips" you want so you can save room

oki vdubmod says there is no function called: FFmpegSource....am i not downloading FFmpegSource right or something...cuz vdubmod is pissing my off

[Kariudo]

did you put the .dll into avisynth's plugins folder?
(usually C:\program files\avisynth2.5\plugins for win XP)

[Vanity]

did you put the .dll into avisynth's plugins folder?
(usually C:\program files\avisynth2.5\plugins for win XP)

alright I think now my problem is typing the avisynth right into the text: like this is what I type FFmpegSource("C:\Gad 1.mkv") then I save it as Gad 1.avs and try to open the script in vdubmod......what iam i doing wrong here

[Kariudo]

the filepath may be wrong, I have to go to bed, but here's something I wrote a while ago

Finding the filepath in WinXP:

navigate to your file

in this example, I will use legacy.wmv.
the filepath is made form the two parts underlined in red
for this example, your script would look like this

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DirectShowSource("C:\Documents and Settings\Use\My Documents\amvs\Legacy.wmv")

notice how it is surounded in double quotes, and has another '\' between "amvs" and "Legacy.wmv" these are both vital.